### id255397635 Britain overestimated how much Hindis cared religious restrictions against sea travel > A firm British belief in the kala pani being a fate worse than death was also extremely convenient, for it allowed them to severely punish criminals by deporting them to other parts of the British Empire that required labour. However, British administrators admitted that some Hindus actually committed crimes just so they could be deported to join their relatives condemned to deportation, thereby implying that the kala pani was not, in fact, as horrible as they supposed. - [View Highlight](https://reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/qzndgg/why_did_the_chola_empire_mount_a_naval_invasion/hm6b25m?__readwiseLocation=0%2F3%2F0%2F4%2F2%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F4%2F1%2F0%2F2%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F3%2F1%2F0%2F3%3A0%2C0%2F3%2F0%2F4%2F2%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F4%2F1%2F0%2F2%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F3%2F1%2F0%2F3%3A474#:~:text=A%20firm%20British%20belief%20in%2Cas%20horrible%20as%20they%20supposed.) - [[Hindis thought crossing the ocean led to impurities#id255397635 Britain overestimated how much Hindis cared religious restrictions against sea travel|View in Vault]]